NEW YORK - All the world from the Sydney Opera House to the Empire State Building turned Irish for the day, as revelers marked St. Patrick's Day with bagpipes, dancing, emerald lights and green body paint in a flurry of celebration....
BERLIN - Chancellor Angela Merkel called the sex abuse scandal rocking the homeland of Pope Benedict XVI a major challenge to German society and warned the only way to come to terms with it was to "find out everything that has happened."...
JERUSALEM - The sleepy Ramat Shlomo neighbourhood at the centre of the debate over Israeli construction in east Jerusalem shows no signs of the political furor....
BOISE, Idaho - Idaho's governor on Wednesday became the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring his attorney general to sue the federal government if the U.S. Congress passes health care reform that forces Americans to buy...
BRUSSELS, Belgium - The European Union's food safety agency says most chicken sold in Europe is infected with bacteria that can cause food poisoning if the meat is not cooked thoroughly....
BEIJING - Seven local officials were fired following a fire at a central China coal mine that left 25 dead, highlighting the country's enduring problems with worker safety as its demand for energy continues to grow....
BANGKOK, Thailand - Anti-government demonstrators vowed Wednesday to extend their protest in the Thai capital indefinitely, after taking their attention-grabbing tactic of pouring bottles of their own blood to the prime minister's home....
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